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Resolved! Seller’s account suspended or he’s on vacation?

Hi, yesterday I received an email from a no reply account with the following message: Hello (my username),“It looks like you may have been in touch with (seller username) and we want to let you know that some security concerns have come up with this ...

Ebay Return Policy

I have had a major problem with Ebay returns.This happened because Ebay Shipping mixed up shipping labels resulting in me receiving a book meant for a buyer in France and the French buyer ended up with my crochet books.Ebay refused to provide either ...

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Purchases

Hello, why am I not able to access my prior purchases except for a few recent purchases. This ability is advantageous at times. If my memory is okay - in the past two years of purchases preceding the current year purchases. I have been an eBay member...

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User experience

It would be great if ebay could improve the buying experience. Most of us are looking for a particular item(s). It would be great after you have viewed an item and are no longer interested in that item, you could delete it from your view ,so as to no...

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PayPal to the rescue!

Recently eBay and a scammer teamed up and defrauded. It was my mistake to think that eBay would protect me. After 25 years as loyal customer I have over 3000 transactions with 100% freedback and 5 stars in every category. Still eBay sided with Zero f...

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Beware of Scammers and Con Artists on here.

When buying anything from a new seller, don't trust anyone with a low number feedback even if they have a 100% Pos. feeback. The latest new seller I purchased an item from turned out to be a fraud/scammer/con artist. They took my money and never sent...

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Resolved! contacting ebay on possible fraud

i won an auction for an iphone and paid for it in full---$596.75. the seller contacted me and said the phone was on it's way. when the phone did not arrive i opened a case with ebay. the seller contacted me right away and asked me to close the case a...

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Seller account got deleted

Hey there. I payed for a used laptop. Now after 4 days the order is not shipped yet and today I discovered that the account is deleted and so is the listing. I don't live in the US and I ordered the item to an external shipping service so even if it'...

Resolved! Sellers locations

I recently made a purchase from a seller supposedly located in California. I try to order from there due to the proximity. I am in Az. Once the item shipped, I get a notice that it is being held up due to weather conditions. Turns out it's coming fro...

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Seller sold me an Item that was no longer available

I purchased a watch. However, the seller informed me that the watch was no longer available after I had purchased it. His actual email stated the following: "Hello good afternoon, I am sorry to inform you that the watch is out of stock. To get your m...

Buyer not responding

Buyer bought a low cost item. I then realized I had the 16” collar but not the 14” that they requested. I asked the buyer if they wanted me to cancel the order or if the 16” was ok. No response! What should I do?

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